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🇦🇹 Austria: ORF Director General Discusses Israel, Potential Boycott & Preparations for Eurovision 2026

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In an interview with APA, the ORF Director General, Roland Weißmann, has commented on the debate regarding Israel’s Eurovision participation, a potential boycott and how preparations for the contest are progressing. With ORF hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, its Director General Roland Weißmann, is at the centre of debates surrounding the competition as it heads into its 70th year. In an interview with the APA, Mr Weißmann explained that…

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ORF Director General Roland Weißmann has once again made Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Attempts to exert political influence on the Küniglberg cause annoyance. In recent weeks, the topic required "feeling at fingertips" – because there are also financial losses. The question of whether Israel should participate in the 70th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Vienna has caused a lot of excitement and the megaevent …

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The question of whether Israel should take part in the 70th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Vienna has caused a lot of excitement in recent weeks and the megaevent has been tested. In the APA interview, ORF Director-General Roland Weißmann calls for the original idea of "united by music" to be remembered: "It is not a political, but a musical event. [...]

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